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From one year to the next, most schools remain in the same category
ALL
SCHOOLS
HIGH
SCHOOLS
the arts in CPS / creative schools certification
Similar patterns emerge when we examine the year-to-year change within schools: changes in
Certification scores don’t come easily, and continued, targeted investments may be needed to help
these schools improve. The graphic below includes data for all changes in categorization across
all years of the Survey (not only for the subset of schools that reported for three consecutive
years). In the large majority of schools, and especially of high schools, categorizations remain the
same from one year to the next. Not surprisingly, given the overall district-wide trends, there are
more examples of change in a positive direction than of change in a less encouraging direction,
but the data illustrate how difficult that change can be.
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS
MORE ACCESS TO ARTS
more than 1 category
8% (124)
5% (14)
9% (110)
1 category
18% (268)
22% (66)
17% (202)
no category change
60% (866)
62% (184)
59% (682)
-1 category
10% (146)
9% (27)
10% (119)
4% (50)
1% (5)
4% (45)
more than -1 category
LESS ACCESS TO ARTS
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